TO REKINDLE THE FLAMES

Mashima owns Fairy Tail and sadly he is on a hiatus so he won't be updating when I would be... get your Fairy Tail here.

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"With the introduction out of the way, I, Mato welcome you to the Grand Magic Games. These five days long games will have two rounds each day. The first round would be unique games and the second round would be public choice one on one matches. The themes of these games would be- BATTLES! Without further ado, let me introduce you to the first round of day one- Hidden!."

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As Mato was explaining the rules of Hidden, the teams head back to their designated stands where they could decide upon the participants for Hidden. But the guild members of Fairy Tail were all but listening to the rules. Even if they knew Natsu had joined Raven, seeing Natsu just metres away but still ignoring them hurt. The hurt was more than a simple pulse of pain and guilt; it was this overwhelming sense of 'Yup we messed up far too much.'

The A team were probably the most affected people in the stadium. They seemed a far cry from their normal confident selves. Shell shocked and contemplative were not enough to begin describing them. They were drowning in this maelstrom of emotions which like a whirlpool threatened to pull them into itself and leave them broken, shattered.

It was the loud cheers from the stadium which pulled them out of their funks, barely. It also signalled that Mato was done explaining the rules and the points system to the spectators and that the teams were expected to send out their participants.

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The Raven Tail team had just reached their stands that they saw a familiar face waiting for them. Erza and baby Edna wrapped in her father's scarf were standing near the entrance, hidden in the shadows. The couple did not want to risk Fairy Tail seeing them and maybe create a scene which would put Edna in danger.

Erza spoke up, "The name suggest that this round would be some improvised version of 'Hide' n 'Seek'." Also she being an army general, she could help as a strategist, the fact that she had read all the sorcerer weekly editions for the last 2 years during her pregnancy did not count. "According to me, we should send either Natsu because of his nose or Obra because he can hide easily and nullify magic if needed. But before deciding I want to wait and see the whom the other teams send."

Natsu nodded in agreement. There were few people alive who could match her skill in analysis, Jura of Lamia Scale, Titania Erza and Rufus of Saber were them. Knowing this and being aware of counter strategies, Knightwalker chose not to act because she was still an unknown factor in the Games. This minimizes error, something which Knightwalker hated making.

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Mato announces and simultaneously lacrima light up showing the contestants to the spectators, "From Mermaid Heel Beth Vanderwood, Quattro sends Jager. Eve Tearm from Pegasus takes stage along with the minstrel that sings to the moon, Rufus Lore of Sabertooth. Gray Fullbuster and Lyon Vastia from Fairy Tail A and Lamia join to drop the temperature even more. Lisanna Strauss from Fairy Tail B joins the fray and lastly from Raven Tail, Kurohebi!"

The crowd cheered in anticipation as a rough model of Crocus appeared around the participants in the arena with Mato explaining them the rules of this particular event.

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In the Fairy Tail support stand, Jet asked, "Why didn't Laxus go? They would have won surely if he did."

Makarov replied sagely, "They selected Lisanna before they knew the actual rules of the game. Had they know they had to find and hit the other participants, Laxus would have surely gone, but Lisanna being a master at transformation magic and her ability of animal take over could help her in hiding and evading others better than even Mirajane. That is a gamble they took and it didn't pay-off. Gray on the other hand, the same reason as to why Lyon was sent by Jura can be highly adaptable to the situation with their ice make magic."

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With the Raven membes, we can see Erza smirking as Natsu asked her, "OK, explain why Kurohebi? I would have been perfect for this game."

Erza replied with a smirk, "Wait and see Natsu-koi..."

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As Mato shouted, "Begin!" the whole mock up city of Crocus was filled with clones of the participants. These clones were still as statues and looked perfectly like their real life counterparts.

The first move was made by Jager by using his plant magic to create a whip and destroy multiple clones infront of him. All of these clones disappear and Mato announced, "Jager's wildness has caused Quattro to lose 6 points as they are at -6. Kabo!"

From the stand, a cheer of 'WILD!' came as unexpectedly Gray shouted ICE MAKE: HAMMER to hit the now exposed Jager to gain a point, who was being transported to another area of the city.

Mean while Lyon dodged a barrage of carrot missles from Beth and shot at her using his ICE MAKE: EAGLES. By this second attack, all of the participants had realized that hiding is the best strategy for the game. The game seemed to have reached a silent point where none of the participants made a move but surprisingly it started to snow and with a sudden shout of SNOW BLIZZARD, Eve managed to hit Jager and Beth because of their breath being exposed due to the dropping temperatures. But Eve himself was exposed due to the attack and Gray tried to hit him, only for Eve to burst into snow. What neither of them knew was that Lyon being an Ice mage was unaffected by the cooler climate and thus was able to hit both of them with more ICE MAKE: EAGLES.

Mato announced the status of the match at the half way point saying, "-8 for Jager, Beth is at -3. Gray sits at -1, the unseen and evasive Lisanna is at 0 along with Kurohebi and Rufus. Eve has 1 point and Lyon Vastia is in the lead with 3 points!"

Suddenly at top of the tallest tower in the mock up Crocus, we see Rufus. He smirks as the sky darkens and he reads the magic given off by every participant. He says MEMORY MAKE: A NIGHT OF FALLING STARS and seven light arrows shoot towards them in blinding speeds. The arrows hit each of the participants and surprisingly two Beths. It was revealed that Lisanna was hiding all along as a clone of Beth so as to not being found. Seeing as to the fact that she was exposed, she used her Bird takeover to rush towards Rufus within seconds, only to phase through him as it was a MEMORY MAKE: AFTERIMAGE. Rufus repeated this again, but Kurohebi was able to dodge the second volley and laughed.

"Using a cheap maker version of my own magic, I will make you pay! MIMICRY: A NIGHT OF FALLING STARS!" Kurohebi replicated Rufus' own spell and hit all seven of the participants who could only take the attack helplessly. With only minutes left to spare, Kurohebi repeated the spell again with success to take the lead from Rufus. In the last minute of the game, Gray was just about to hit Kurohebi's exposed form with an ICE MAKE: CANNON when he was blindsided by Lyon just seconds before the time got over.

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A few minutes after Hidden was over, Mato entered the arena with the results. "In last position Jager with -12, seventh is Beth with -7, sixth is Gray with -6, fifth is Lisanna with -5, fourth position Eve with – 3. The top three are Lyon with 0, Rufus a surprising second at 12 and the winner is Kurohebi with 14 points! Kabo!" After announcing the scores Mato announced an interval before the start of the battle rounds.

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Back at the Raven Tail waiting area, Natsu turned to look at a smirking Erza. She looked quite pleased with herself. Kurohebi had just entered and he was being congratulated by the guild members. It was a Kurohebi, surprisingly, who asked, "Erza-san how did you know so much about Rufus?"

Erza replied, "Giving me Edna was not the only thing my pregnancy gave me you know. It also gave me a chance to gather information about Earthland and when you are a wizard at the number one guild in Fiore, you are featured heavily in Sorceror Weekly. It helped that he is good looking, it increases his demand."

Natsu looked bristled with this comment but did not say anything. Erza looked up to see the expression on Natsu's face and realized that his insecurities were acting up. She silently cursed herself because even though they were happily married and had Edna, betrayal by her Earthland counterpart had hurt him too deep to heal without leaving scars. She tried to start a conversation, "Natsu-koi..." but was interrupted by Natsu who chose to ignore her attempt at solving the conflict by saying, "The battle rounds are starting, let us see who is in the first match." His tone of finality hurt Erza even more as she looked into the chocolate brown eyes of her daughter.

She excused herself by saying, "It is Edna's feeding time..." to which Natsu replied by a single nod causing Erza to leave with a deflated sigh.

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Mato took the centre of the arena once again, "The battle rounds for the first day of the Grand Magic Games are about to begin. These are one on one battles and have been decided by you, the spectators..." earning a scream in approval from the said spectators. "... and I hope that these match-ups are going to be as interesting as they look on paper. The first match is a celestial showdown between Lucy Heatfilia of Fairy Tail A and Yukino, the rookie from Sabertooth! Kabo!"

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POINT TABLE

FAIRY TAIL A-2

FAIRY TAIL B-3

RAVEN TAIL-10

SABERTOOTH-8

LAMIA SCALE-6

BLUE PEGASUS-4

MERMAID HEEL-1

QUATTRO CERBERUS-0

I AM BACK WITH AN UPDATE TO TRTF. PLEASE DONT KILL ME! Just was busy with college and stuff and was trying to get the points table sorted for a proper ending. I said in the story the one on one match would be public choice, so you have the power to suggest battles. How about that? Also how did you like my description of Hidden?

And to Astroman1000, thanks for pointing out that my narrations seemed boring. I have tried to rectify my writing to be a little more descriptive like 'Burning' to help you guys understand the situation instead of just assuming that they are fixed facts. Hope you like the slight change.

As for the Natsu vs Gray match, I am not gonna have that match this early in the arc, just wanna wait until the climax. Also the Erza vs Erza will be done in the later days of the GMG. Maybe I will do a 2vs2 match*evil wink*.

As we reached 100 follows, I have decided to go for an epic match-up between the two leading celestial spirit mages as a celebration. I can only Imagine Cancer + clothes + lucy + Yukino is better fanservice than Mirajane vs Jenny in the anime. *drools*. Lets try to hit 100 in both favs and reviews next!

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